Decker has hip surgery, with shoulder surgery later

Injured Jets wide receiver Eric Decker had hip surgery Tuesday, the team announced, and that was just part of the surprising news regarding Decker’s status.

Decker is on the injured-reserve list due to a shoulder injury. Per the team, the hip surgery was “deemed necessary” during an evaluation for the shoulder injury last week.

The team’s statement said the anticipated recovery time for the hip surgery is six months, and once Decker is off crutches he will then have shoulder surgery and have an eight-month timetable for recovery from the shoulder surgery. Those time frames aren’t successive; he’ll be off crutches in fewer than six months. Once that happens, he will have shoulder surgery.

Decker, 29, had nine catches, two for touchdowns, in three games this season. He’s signed through the 2018 season.

Guy was over rated, over paid….do think he’s going to go 24/7 gung ho to be like AP and train and rehab to get back…..to do what?? He plays for the jets, once they cut him….nobody will sign him, and he’s made too much lottery money to just play for league minimum if he could ever get back right from these injuries anyways

Pete Carroll is a 9/11 truther says:Oct 18, 2016 5:39 PM

Assuming that the hip surgery recovery holds up at six months, that makes his recovery time approximately April 18. Assuming he has the shoulder surgery on April 19, that means that the standard 4-6 month recovery time for this type of shoulder surgery has him returning to catching footballs sometime between August 19 and October 19.

He’ll most likely miss time next year. Too bad, as he’s such a fun player to watch, even for us non-Jets fans.